Killing the ssh daemon does not effect any of the existing connections. The ssh daemon is used to listen for new connections and create a process to handle communications with that request. That is why when you update configuration parameters for sshd, they do not take effect until the next connection.
The problem with connecting to the server via telnet is that your password can be easily intercepted - which is one of the major reasons telnet has been depreciated. -Stephen On 9/10/07, Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Grant wrote: > > Should I: > > kill -9 2988 && /etc/init.d/sshd start > > Are you sure? :) > > Sounds scary to kill sshd remotely, specially over ssh :P > > That's why I usually have a telnet server up during ssh upgrade times. > > > - -- > Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman - Consultor Independiente en Seguridad Informatica > Servicios Ofrecidos: http://www.buanzo.com.ar/pro/ > Unase a los Foros GNU/Buanzo - La palabra Comunidad en su maxima expresion. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFG5Yd+AlpOsGhXcE0RCqCvAJ46Spe77Qukj5oYjCAtBK4lO0cZ4QCcCm24 > U/zSADTHUKzZZ/G2dkZZkbo= > =5uQv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
